1. What is the primary goal of the e-discovery process?
• A) To minimize the volume of data for review
• B) To identify, collect, and produce electronically stored information (ESI) relevant to a legal
case
• C) To perform data backups for all company records
• D) To automate document review without human oversight
2. Which of the following best describes a litigation hold?
• A) A procedure for managing privileged documents
• B) A process of archiving company emails
• C) A directive to preserve relevant documents for a legal case
• D) A type of software for data collection
3. In e-discovery, what does the term 'metadata' refer to?
• A) The text content of a document
• B) Data providing information about other data, such as date created, author, and file type
• C) A summary of the document’s contents
• D) Information only stored in emails
4. Calculate the cost savings if an e-discovery software automates 80% of tasks that would otherwise
require manual work, reducing the total review time from 1,000 hours to 200 hours. If each hour costs
$100, what is the total cost saved?
5. Which of the following is NOT a step in the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM)?
• A) Collection
• B) Processing
• C) Encryption
• D) Review
, 6. What is the purpose of Technology-Assisted Review (TAR) in e-discovery?
• A) To leverage machine learning and AI to prioritize and classify documents for faster review
• B) To create encrypted backups of documents
• C) To track litigation holds
• D) To automate redaction of all privileged information
7. A case requires review of 50,000 documents. If TAR reduces review by 70%, how many documents
remain for manual review?
• A) 15,000
• B) 15,000
• C) 20,000
• D) 30,000
Explanation: 70% reduction means only 30% of 50,000 documents remain for manual review:
50,000 * 0.3 = 15,000.
8. What is predictive coding in the context of e-discovery?
• A) Using metadata to organize data
• B) An AI-driven method to train algorithms to identify relevant documents based on expert
examples
• C) A tool for encrypting documents during review
• D) A system for ensuring privilege redactions
9. When dealing with cross-border e-discovery, what is a significant legal concern?
• A) Network bandwidth limitations
• B) Language translation services
• C) Compliance with different countries' data privacy laws
• D) File type compatibility
10. What is the best practice for handling privileged documents discovered during e-discovery?
• A) Disclose them to the opposing counsel
• B) Create a privilege log to identify and withhold privileged information
• C) Delete them immediately to protect client confidentiality
• D) Review them at the end of the litigation process
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